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Provence orchid

Orchis provincialis

Provence orchid
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0

Orchis provincialis is a terrestrial orchid from the Mediterranean region, grown mainly by enthusiasts and in native-plant settings rather than as a common houseplant. It is a tuberous geophyte that flowers in spring and needs a dormant, well-drained, lime-tolerant site.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the spring growing season and keep dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, alkaline or lime-rich soil, such as a gritty mix or calcareous garden soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C during growth; hardy to about -10 °C when dormant.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SC. & S. Europe to W. Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Orchis provincialis, the Provence orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Orchis.

Where it grows

The species has a Mediterranean distribution and it is widespread from north-western Africa, south-central and southern Europe to the Caucasus. It is native to: Albania, Bulgaria, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North Caucasus, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey and Yugoslavia.

Other Orchis plants

Orchis adenocheila · Anatolian orchid · Man orchid · Branciforti's orchid · Orchis canariensis · Galilee Orchid · Naked Man Orchid · Early Purple Orchid · Military orchid · Pale orchid · Orchis patens · Small-dotted Orchis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Orchis provincialis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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